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Women Entrepreneurship and Gender Issues

Women Entrepreneurship and Gender Issues

 

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  • Women Entrepreneur and Gender Issues 
    Singh, Prachi (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-03-19)
    Women's entrepreneurship is on the increase around the world. Women -owned businesses comprise between one -quarter and one-third of businesses in the formal economy, and probably play a greater role in the informal sector. ...
  • Women Entrepreneurship in India – An Evaluative Study 
    Singh, Saumya; Srivastava, Priyanka (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-03-19)
    Entrepreneurship has always been a sure recipe for growth and development. For far too long this has been considered to be a male domain with women hardly having any role to play. Of late, however, the scenario is changing ...
  • Women Entrepreneurship and Gender Issues 
    Anbuoli, P.; Sundari, M. (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-02-19)
    "A women entrepreneur is one who owns and controls an enterprise having a minimum financial interest of 51% of capital and giving at least 51% of the employment generated in the enterprise to women." Women Entrepreneurship ...
  • Women Entrepreneurship and Gender Issues 
    Devi, S (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-03-19)
    The evolution of the Indian entrepreneurship can be traced back to even as early as Rigvedha, when metal handicrafts existed in the society. Entrepreneurship is the process of creating or seizing an opportunity, and pursuing ...
  • Development of Women Entrepreneurship in India: Status & Challenges 
    Joshi, Gaurav; Rana, Divya (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-03-19)
    Development of the society is directly related to the income-generation capacity of its members. With agriculture as the key income-generation activity, the entrepreneurship based on farm and home can directly affect the ...
  • The Emergence of Women-Owned Businesses as an Economic Force In India : Conceptual Insights & Opportunities Ahead 
    Singh, Surinder Pal (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-03-19)
    During the last two decades, Indian women have entered the field of entrepreneurship in greatly increasing numbers. With the emergence and growth of their businesses, they have contributed to the Indian economy and to their ...
  • Role of Women Entrepreneurs Association of Tamil Nadu [WEAT] in Promoting Women Entrepreneurship 
    Manimekalai, N (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-03-19)
    Entrepreneurship is a major factor which contributes for the industrial development and over all development of a nation. However, it has been the domain of men for a long. With the advent of change in the policies and ...
  • Empowering Women in India 
    Muniyandi, C (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-03-19)
    Women studies have vast scope in this twenty first century. This pragmatic science has the task of empowering women to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Most of the time, village women sit around, doing practically ...
  • Follow up Study on Women Entrepreneurs: Stories of Women Entrepreneurs - 16 years after 
    Bilgi, Meena; Kumar, Santosh (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-03-19)
    The paper describes six case studies of those Women Entrepreneurs who were first interviewed extensively as part of the Research and subsequently a published book called "In Search of Identity" by EDI, India in 1991-1992. ...
  • Women Entrepreneurship: A Tool of Women Empowerment, Policy and Issues 
    Priya, Ashutosh; Bamba, Rachna; Dalakoti, Chitranka (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-03-19)
    Women entrepreneurship has been largely neglected both in society in general especially in developing economies. Not only women have lower participation rate in entrepreneurship than men but they also generally choose to ...
  • An Inquiry into the Economic Status of the Women in the Recent Time 
    Goklani, Rajani; Joshi, Samir (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-03-19)
    The problems of rapidly integrating women in the economic growth process have been drawing attention to planners, policy makers and entrepreneurs owning business (industry and services). This is mainly because of the ...
  • Women Entrepreneurs in the Fashion Design Industry at Ahmedabad: Issues, Challenges and Progress Path 
    Shah, Paragi; Mehta, Bijal (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-03-19)
    Women Entrepreneurs may be defined as a woman or a group of women who initiate, organize and operate a business enterprise. They explore the prospects of starting new enterprise; undertake risks, introduce new innovations, ...
  • Women Entrepreneurship in India - Breaking the Stereotype - A Case Study of Dr. Kiran Majumdar Shaw, CEO of BIOCON, India 
    Chandrika, K G (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-03-19)
    Entrepreneurship in India is evolving and maturing after the liberalization of the economy. In the context of globalization Indian entrepreneurs are showing their entrepreneurial skills in the global arena. Women entrepreneurs ...
  • Challenges Faced by Women Entrepreneurs Around Higher Educational Institutions on Proven Social Entrepreneurship Platforms 
    Amrita; Saurabh, Punit; Jagannathan, S.; Biswas, D (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-03-19)
    Women have been playing an important role since ages in the economic development process in any society notwithstanding the cultural, social or gender factors. There are a number of evidences of contribution of women towards ...
  • Profile of Women Entrepreneurs: A Case Study of Chandigarh 
    Malik, Shiva; Rao, Taranjit Kaur (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-03-19)
    Entrepreneur is one who innovates, organizes, manages and assumes the risk of an enterprise and acts as a catalytic agent in growth process. When an enterprise is established and controlled by a woman, it not only boosts ...
  • At Your Service" - Entrepreneurs as Keys to Social Locks 
    Mattila, Sari (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-03-19)
    This paper finds that entrepreneurship processes require keys to social locks in terms of mobility, resources, possibilities and self-understanding within and across societies. The paper draws on practices in entrepreneurship ...
  • Paradigm Shift in Development of Women Entrepreneurship in Uttarakhand State 
    Negi, Divya; Dangwal, R.C. (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-03-19)
    Development of the society is directly related to the income-generation capacity of its members. With agriculture as the key income-generation activity, the entrepreneurship based on farm and home can directly affect the ...
  • Women Entrepreneurship and Gender Issues 
    Mohapatra, Smruti Jyoti (Centre for Research in Entrepreneurship Education and Development, 2009-03-19)
    Developing countries like India rely majorly on the performance of agriculture and manufacturing (industrial) sectors for their economic development. Agriculture sector in India has a vast employment potential but it is ...